Peter H. Fisher

Peter H. Fisher (b. 1959) is an American experimental particle physicist, and the head of the Department of Physics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Peter H. Fisher
Born1959
San Francisco, California
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisA search for double beta decay in 76Ge
Doctoral advisorFelix H. Boehm

Early life and education

Peter Fisher was born in 1959 in San Francisco, California.[1]

He earned a B.S. in engineering physics at the University of California, Berlkeley, in 1983, and a Ph.D. in nuclear physics at the California Institute of Technology in 1988.[2] His dissertation, A search for double beta decay in 76Ge, was supervised by Felix H. Boehm.[3]

Career

From 1989-1994, Fisher was on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University.[4] He joined the M.I.T. faculty in 1989, and became a full professor in 2009.[5]

Fisher's research has included twelve years at CERN working on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer for the International Space Station. His research interests also include the detection of dark matter,[6] development of new particle detectors, compact energy supplies, and wireless energy transmission.[7]

He became chair of the M.I.T. Department of Physics in 2014.[8]

Awards

Fisher became a Fellow[9] of the American Physical Society,[10] nominated by the Division of Particles and Fields in 2006,[11] and cited for "Intiating Tau Polarization Asymmetry Measurements and W-Boson self couplings, leading to a top mass prediction (found later at FNAL). First proof of single W-production in e+ e- annihilation. Determination of sin20w with proposal to expand to highest accuracy of 10-5 at LHC."[10]

References
  1. "California Birth Index, 1905-1995". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. "94th Commencement, C.I.T." (PDF). June 10, 1998. p. 25. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  3. "Cal Tech Thesis, A Cal Tech Library Service". thesis.library.caltech.edu. January 24, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  4. "INSPIRE". inspirehep.net. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  5. "23 faculty members receive tenure". M.I.T. News Office. April 25, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  6. Delmore, Alexandra (October 25, 2013). "Peter Fisher named new head of Department of Physics". The Tech. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  7. "MIT Department of Physics". web.mit.edu. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  8. "Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics". history.aip.org. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  9. "APS Fellowship". www.aps.org. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  10. "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  11. "APS Fellows 2006". www.aps.org. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
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